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I seem to recall you saying you were a CS student once or twice, or am I confusing you with somebody else?

    TyBother me03:07, 16 January 2012

    You probably are. I'm only a highschool student (despite what you said on the rww page - you also misspelled "Septmeber"), and have never done any (formal) CS. More an enthusiastic amateur.

      PeterQuasniki 2012!03:12, 16 January 2012

      Ok, now I feel very old. I actually learned more in high school than in the first 3 semesters of college. What language do they have you useing?

        TyBother me03:15, 16 January 2012

        'anceint' you are. I don't even do the stuff at school - they do Visual Basic 6 for goodness sake... I originally learned QBASIC from a book in primary school, but I've since moved on to C/C++/C#, dabbling elsewhere as well.

          PeterQuasniki 2012!03:22, 16 January 2012

          Thinking about going for a degree? (oslo, my speling tinds ta be awlful)

            TyBother me03:27, 16 January 2012

            Possibly, though the parents would rather something else. Maths, maybe?

              PeterQuasniki 2012!03:46, 16 January 2012

              Do what you like doing. I know far too many people whose parents forced them into majors they didn't like(usually chemical engineering).

                TyBother me03:54, 16 January 2012

                So that's why there are more than two chemists in the world. I was beginning to wonder...

                There's always minors, and double majors.

                  PeterQuasniki 2012!03:58, 16 January 2012

                  Minors are fun, I tried a dual major but wound up a nervous wreck after a year due to LSU's 30 hour rule. As I have only 2 courses left I get to fill my scheduale up with random stuff this year, like Biology of Marine Vertabretes, which I oddly have tutored for despite having never taken.

                    TyBother me04:02, 16 January 2012
                     

                    I'd have to agree with Ty here. Do what you like doing. My parents practically guilted me into going to Chemistry. Eventually I switched to Biology 'cause mom was like: "Well, if you don't want to be a Pharmacist like I told you to, be a doctor." Of course, when she found out what kind of doctor I wanted to be, she freaked out--But that's a different story.

                    Just do what you feel comfortable with. There's really nothing worse than feeling like an out-of-place puzzle trying to be put into the wrong spot.

                      Dumpling (talk)05:21, 16 January 2012

                      What kind of doctor merits a freak out? Dr. Mengele? Anyway, thirded on "do what you like doing." But still, you should do cog sci. I need fodder for my future profzi scheme.

                        Nebuchadnezzar (talk)05:26, 16 January 2012

                        Forensic Pathologist. Mother does not like the idea of me being 33 and cutting away into a dead body. "You'll forever be alone. No one would want to talk to you. You'd smell like dead bodies. I WANT GRANDCHILDREN!"

                        And Cog. Sci does sound interesting. When given the chance, I shall have to find a good class. :3

                          Dumpling (talk)05:36, 16 January 2012
                           

                          Wasn't it a doctor of marine biology or something? Sorry for interrupting... back to my hole.

                            Picon small.pngLiquid Blue05:56, 16 January 2012

                            Haha. I don't mind. ^u^ And no. As much as I'd love to be a Marine Biologist, I'd end up eating them (The fishies). o___o...I had sushi tonight. Oh god, it was delicious. Ha. Random. But yeah, I've actually always wanted to be a Forensic Pathologist. (But then again, I've wanted to be a lot of things, singer/actor/assassin included.)

                              Dumpling (talk)05:59, 16 January 2012

                              Yes, do come out of your hole...

                              I hope you didn't decide to be a Forensic Pathologist just so you wouldn't eat the expiraments.

                                PeterQuasniki 2012!06:25, 16 January 2012

                                I like the Blue. :3

                                And...-cough- Nooooooooooo. Hahahaha. There will be no eating of the dead bodies. XD I may look like a zombie, but I am not.

                                  Dumpling (talk)06:30, 16 January 2012

                                  How do you even learn it? Do you persuade daddy frog to kill mommy frog for the inheritance, and then as the exam have to work out which poison it was?

                                    PeterQuasniki 2012!07:26, 16 January 2012
                                     
                                     
                                     
                                     

                                    The only two I could think of were abortionist and doctor-without-borders.

                                      Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX05:58, 16 January 2012
                                       
                                       
                                       

                                      When you start college, you should take any advice your professors give you under serious consideration. I was not intending to be a scientist when I started my course of study, but my professors steered me into it.

                                        Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX05:08, 16 January 2012

                                        What were you going to be then, and what did they say? That there's more money in slime-mould taxonomy than in Ancient Egyptian demography?

                                          PeterQuasniki 2012!05:13, 16 January 2012

                                          I had been thinking to try my hand in business and (hopefully) make a pile of money. My professors averred that I would be wasting my brain that way. One even put his money where his mouth was and gave me a job as a lab-rat.

                                            Mjollnir.svgListenerXTalkerX05:26, 16 January 2012

                                            And in hindsight which would have been better - the pile of money, or the lab ratting?

                                              PeterQuasniki 2012!07:27, 16 January 2012
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               

                                              Perhaps you should consider joining the cognitive revolution, comrade! Certain areas of cognitive science heavily draw on computer science.

                                                Nebuchadnezzar (talk)05:13, 16 January 2012
                                                 
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